She Who Guarded Her Private Part

In S 66:12 we read: And Maryam daughter of Imran who fortified her private part and we blew into it from our spirit. And she believed in her lord’s words and his books. And she was of the obedient.

In The Ethiopic Liber Requiei we read:

5. And he said, ‘My mother, you did not understand my power. I first revealed it to you at the spring, where I led Joseph.¹⁰ He was crying, the child who is glorified because he is greater than everything, and Joseph was angry with

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you, saying, “Give your breast to your child.” At once you gave it to him, as you went forth to the Mount of Olives, fleeing from Herod. And when you came to some trees you said to Joseph, “My lord, we are hungry, and what do we have to eat in this desert place?” Then he rebuked you, saying, “What can I do for you? Is it not enough for you that I became a stranger to my family on your account; why didn't you guard your virginity, so that you would [not] be found in this; and not only you, but I and my children too; now I live here with you, and I do not even know what will happen to my seven children.”

2. Then he rebuked you and said to you, “What can I do for you here and now to feed you?12 Is it not enough for you that I became a stranger to my own things because of you,13 because you did not guard your virginity, so that you would not be found in this;14 not only you, but I and my children too, because I am here, and I live with you, but I do not know if something will happen to my three sons.”

The Ethiopic Liber Requiei | Ancient Traditions of the Virgin Mary's Dormition and Assumption | Oxford Academic